Triple

T15513758
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Distributed Proofreaders E368778 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Charles Franks
Charles Franks is the founder of Distributed Proofreaders, an online project that helps convert public domain books into e-texts for digital libraries such as Project Gutenberg.
 E1162338 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Charles Franks | Statement: [Distributed Proofreaders, foundedBy, Charles Franks]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Charles Franks
Context triple: [Distributed Proofreaders, foundedBy, Charles Franks]
  • A. Carl Arbogast
    Carl Arbogast is a supporting character in the 1992 thriller film "Sneakers," involved in the high-stakes world of codebreaking and espionage.
  • B. Francis J. Grandon
    Francis J. Grandon was an early American silent film actor and director active in the 1910s.
  • C. Charles Michels
    Charles Michels was a French socialist politician and trade unionist who became a notable Resistance figure during World War II and was executed by the Nazis.
  • D. Walter Lassally
    Walter Lassally was a renowned German-born British cinematographer celebrated for his influential work in both British New Wave cinema and international art films.
  • E. Paul Weigel
    Paul Weigel was a German-born American character actor active in early 20th-century cinema, appearing in numerous silent and early sound films.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Charles Franks
Triple: [Distributed Proofreaders, foundedBy, Charles Franks]
Generated description
Charles Franks is the founder of Distributed Proofreaders, an online project that helps convert public domain books into e-texts for digital libraries such as Project Gutenberg.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Charles Franks
Target entity description: Charles Franks is the founder of Distributed Proofreaders, an online project that helps convert public domain books into e-texts for digital libraries such as Project Gutenberg.
  • A. Carl Arbogast
    Carl Arbogast is a supporting character in the 1992 thriller film "Sneakers," involved in the high-stakes world of codebreaking and espionage.
  • B. Francis J. Grandon
    Francis J. Grandon was an early American silent film actor and director active in the 1910s.
  • C. Charles Michels
    Charles Michels was a French socialist politician and trade unionist who became a notable Resistance figure during World War II and was executed by the Nazis.
  • D. Walter Lassally
    Walter Lassally was a renowned German-born British cinematographer celebrated for his influential work in both British New Wave cinema and international art films.
  • E. Paul Weigel
    Paul Weigel was a German-born American character actor active in early 20th-century cinema, appearing in numerous silent and early sound films.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69d85a1794cc8190b0b428716296e63e completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e04031e62c8190953b61207142af15 completed April 16, 2026, 1:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff3d4edee481908382ca5cd266f7b0 completed May 9, 2026, 1:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff3f59213c8190a9c98350225b5151 completed May 9, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff3ff96a6c8190a4c9f20dabc86cef completed May 9, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:02 a.m.